https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16644
Summary: Allow users to be blocked from editing non-talk pages
only
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Blocking
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
It might be nice to have a block option to prohibit only edits to non-talk
pages.
While not much use for blocks of registered users, I can see this being a
useful possibility in situations where it is currently necessary to issue many
short blocks or a long-term block of a shared IP address, owing to vandalism.
The idea behind this is that while blocked users are able to read articles --
and shared IP addresses in educational instititutions will likely do a lot of
reading of articles -- they have no (easy) way to bring errors to the project's
attention.
Permitting talk page editing would allow well-intentioned anonymous users stuck
behind a blocked shared IP address subject to leave comments and suggestions
for improvement on article talk pages, rather than being unable to do anything
about any errors they may find while reading articles. At the same time, users
only intending to vandalize an article about their school/favourite
band/whatever would be unable to do so, and experience suggests that users are
far less inclined to vandalize discussion pages, their usual motive being to
change what Wikipedia says about a subject and hope other people see it.
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